Day #22-Staying mostly dry for once. Miles hiked: 9.7

As an award-winning rain walker after 65 wet days on my last thru hike, of course I have brought a hurricane with me to Montana. However, this time the difference is the timing worked out fairly well to be mostly out of the storm. The crew that took shelter in Isaac’s rented/renovated cowboy bar and garage last night was in no hurry to get moving this morning.

I only had to do 9.7 miles to get to my original goal of Ennis, MT and I eventually drug myself out of the dryness and onto the highway.

Many folks stopped to ask if I was ok, and it took my deep sense of integrity about keeping my footpath continuous to not hop in a car and hitch to my dry cabin reservation. But up and over Norris Pass it was!

Once I got to Ennis, I collapsed in a heap AT-style and thoroughly debrided the road wounds I have accumulated on the bottom of my feet.

I also got to enjoy dinner for one (if you haven’t taken yourself out for dinner recently, I highly recommend it) with the pile of fresh veggies I’ve been dreaming about for several hundred miles. My herbivore heart was so happy.

Goodnight from Ennis where I am enjoying new shoes from Dave and Lala and gearing up for the push to Yellowstone. Happy trails!